单词 | blue-vinnied |
释义 | blue-vinniedadj. English regional (south-western). Blue-veined; spec. (of cheese) having veins of blue mould. Also more generally: (of food) mouldy. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [adjective] > qualities of cheese miteyc1650 two-meal1741 fire-fanged1808 mature1833 blue-vinnied1838 skimmed1881 blue vein1893 open-meated1896 well-meated1896 blue-veined1898 bleu1918 crustless1927 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > mouldy or musty fennyc1000 vinnyOE mouleda1250 moulya1398 mouldena1400 spaked1438 vinniedc1450 mouldy1495 hoared1496 mustyc1503 foisty1519 mocha1522 hoary1530 hoar1544 mouldeda1552 mowsy1566 foistied1572 fustied1576 spaky1590 musted1632 mouldish1648 emucid1656 mucid1656 mungy1658 mouldly1678 foisted1688 mothery1697 vinnewya1722 rusty-fustya1790 musty-fusty1857 mucidous1866 blue-vinnied1880 blue-veined1898 1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms at Fenny In Hampshire when cheese is beginning to decay, and just showing those blue lines, it is said to be blue-vinnied, that is, I presume ‘blue veined’. 1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major I. ix. 173 My scram blue-vinnied gallicrow of an uncle. 1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major II. xx. 89 [They] mean to marry at once, that the wedding victuals may not be wasted! They felt 'twould be a thousand pities to let such good things get blue-vinnied. 1979 N. Rogers Wessex Dial. Blue-vinnied, covered with blue mould, as cheese. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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